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Function to determine the activity pattern of one species according to Gmez et al. (2005).

Description:

class.ap is a function used to calculate the percentage of the records and classify the activity period according to Gmez et al. (2005). Besides that, the function output a barplot with the frequency of records per class of activity (e.g. diurnal, nocturnal, crepuscular).


Usage:

class.ap(x)

 

Arguments:

 x  data should be input as a data frame of only one column named Period 

Details:

     When preparing the object to input is important to use the letters N for nocturnal events, C for crepuscular and D for diurnal events.

Value:

A data frame with the sum of records per type is returned if the object input corresponds to the criteria exposed in the topic Details

    

Warning:

    The function only calculates the activity period of one species per time.



Author(s):

     Jlia Ferra dos Santos

References:

Gmez, H.; Wallace, R.B.; Ayala, G.; Tejada, R. 2005, Dry season activity periods os some Amazonian mammals. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 40 (2).


Examples:

class.ap(object)   
